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Another word for tissue

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Noun

  1. An interwoven or interrelated number of things

    See also:

    group

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Another word for tissue

Noun

  1. A network

    See also:

    network

  2. Thin fabric

    See also:

    web

    veil

    cloth

  3. Protective layer, especially in living organisms

    See also:

    muscle

  4. A soft paper

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Sentence Examples

  • The whole of the tissue of the plant is formed by the division of this apical cell.

  • In the polyp the nervous tissue is always in the form of a scattered plexus, never concentrated to form a definite nervous system as in the medusa.

  • You were lucky and there was no torn tissue or fractures.

  • A small packet wrapped in tissue fell to her lap.

  • Next the larvae make their way into the connective tissue in the pro-thorax, and ultimately bore a channel into the base of the piercing apparatus and come to rest between the hypopharynx and the labium.

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